Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There were seven riders at the Mt Isa meeting on Saturday. All of them were sober, checked and correct. They should have put the race schedulers from Racing QLD on the bag instead. Despite knowing that only 7 jocks were likely to turn up to ride at the meeting, they programmed fields of 8, 9, […]
The word on the street is that trainer Mark Currie – who many suspect bowls for his son Ben – has thrown a positive swab to cocaine. End Assembly is the name of the horse, and it is said to have thrown the positive at Eagle Farm on the 17th of December 2022. Pre-race it […]
Archie Last seasons Premiership winning Toowoomba stable seems to have lost their recipe. From the stable’s last 25 runners in Toowoomba, it has had just 1 winner. I wonder if it might have something to do with their horses now having to be stabled where the cameras are on them after acceptance time, with the […]
Dear Jane I am a transsexual, gender fluid, pansexual, disabled Australian who speaks Swahili as their first language and lives on Booby Island in the Torres Strait because I identify as half a woman and love tits. I have also been a compulsive gambler since I was 6 years old and wearing Mum’s stockings and […]
RACING APPEALS TRIBUNAL QUEENSLAND NOTICE OF DECISION APPEAL NO: RT016-07 DATE: 9 July 2007 APPELLANT: Shane Ernst George Scriven RESPONDENT: Queensland Racing APPEARANCES: Mr Michael Grant-Taylor SC on behalf of the Appellant; and Mr Matthew Tutt on behalf of the Respondent. REASONS FOR JUDGMENT Mr Brockwell Miller – Deputy Chairman The Appellant rode Take The Plea […]
How on earth can this track rating for the Toowoomba meeting on Saturday possibly be right? Has anyone actually inspected the track, or looked out the window? Or are they just making it up as they go? There were trials set down for Toowoomba yesterday (Thursday). They were abandoned due to the state of the […]
A lot of people have short memories. Not me. Want to know a little bit about the Waterhouses? Then watch this ABC documentary from 1986. It’s fascinating viewing. Click on the link and enjoy. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-08/horses-for-course—1986/2832202?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
Mulga Bill is a column about QLD bush racing contributed by a great group of passionate Country Racing followers. Like Keith’s column, it is published unedited. On Febuary 25th racing kicks off in Mount Isa and Blackall with a huge crisis hovering over country racing in Queensland – a chronic shortage of Jockeys across the […]
I want you to have a look at two races at Albion Park on Friday night. Before you do, just remind yourself of these connections. Peter McMullen – husband of Chantal Turpin; brother of Narissa, Taleah and Danielle; cousin of Nathan, Kelli and Trent Dawson. Chantal Turpin – sister of footy player Jake Turpin; daughter […]
So we turn to race 7, and here we have the inter-connections as follows: 1 – trained and driven by Trent Dawson, owned by Crystal Towns 2 – trained and owned by Ryan Veivers 3 – driven by Nathan Dawson 5 – trained by Ron Sallis, driven by Narissa McMullen 7 – trained by Ron […]
